The committee met at 1233 in room 151.

Subcommittee report

The First Vice-Chair (Mr. David Smith): Good afternoon, everyone. I would like to call the meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts to order.

Our first order of business on the agenda today is a report from the subcommittee on committee business. Can I please have one of the subcommittee members read the first report on the record, please? MPP Dixon, go ahead, please.

Ms. Jess Dixon: Your subcommittee on committee business met on May 26, 2025, and recommends the following:

(1) That the following reports of the Office of the Auditor General be reviewed by the committee:

—Community-Based Child and Youth Mental Health Program;

—Implementation and Oversight of Ontario’s Opioid Strategy (2024 Annual Report); and

—Ontario Place Redevelopment (2024 Annual Report).

I move that the report of the subcommittee be adopted.

The First Vice-Chair (Mr. David Smith): Is there any debate or comments? Seeing none, are the members ready to vote? All those in favour? Opposed? Carried.

I would like to inform the members of this committee that the subcommittee, at their meeting on May 26, 2025, decided on the following time rotation for hearings: Witnesses will be given 20 minutes collectively to make opening remarks, and then we will do a repeating rotation of questions, with 20 minutes for the government members, 20 minutes for the official opposition members and 20 minutes for the third party members. This rotation will be repeated for two rounds, with the possibility of an additional round by consensus.

We will now move into closed session to begin report writing. This committee will recess for five minutes to allow the Clerk to ensure we are properly in closed session.

The committee recessed at 1236 and later continued in closed session.

STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

Chair / Président

Mr. Tom Rakocevic (Humber River–Black Creek ND)

First Vice-Chair / Premier Vice-Président

Mr. David Smith (Scarborough Centre / Scarborough-Centre PC)

Second Vice-Chair / Deuxième Vice-Présidente

Ms. Lee Fairclough (Etobicoke–Lakeshore L)

Ms. Jessica Bell (University–Rosedale ND)

Mrs. Michelle Cooper (Eglinton–Lawrence PC)

MPP George Darouze (Carleton PC)

Ms. Jess Dixon (Kitchener South–Hespeler / Kitchener-Sud–Hespeler PC)

Ms. Lee Fairclough (Etobicoke–Lakeshore L)

MPP Mohamed Firin (York South–Weston / York-Sud–Weston PC)

Mr. Tom Rakocevic (Humber River–Black Creek ND)

MPP Bill Rosenberg (Algoma–Manitoulin PC)

Mr. David Smith (Scarborough Centre / Scarborough-Centre PC)

Substitutions / Membres remplaçants

MPP Paul Vickers (Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound PC)

Clerk / Greffière

Ms. Thushitha Kobikrishna

Staff / Personnel

Mr. Dmitry Granovsky, research officer,
Research Services

Ms. Erica Simmons, research officer,
Research Services

Ms. Lauren Warner, research officer,
Research Services